A Dictionary of the Scottish Language; containing an explanation of the words used by the most celebrated ancient and modern Scottish Authors. Second edition.
Published by Printed for James Sawer, Edinburgh, 1818
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Seller: McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB, Edinburgh, United KingdomMcNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
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12mo, pp. xi, [i], 251, [1]. Original buff printed paper boards, edges rough-trimmed. Some spotting. Boards marked and rubbed, joints cracked but holding, losses to head and foot of spine panel. Ink ownership inscription of Peter Douglas dated 1838 to front and rear endpapers. The second edition of this early Scots dictionary by Scottish poet Ebenezer Picken (1769-1816), published anonymously and posthumously. It contained enough original material that Jamieson used it as a source for his 1820s Supplement to the monumental Etymological Dictionary of 1808.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Dictionary of the Scottish Language; containing an explanation of the words used by the most celebrated ancient and modern Scottish Authors. Second edition.
- Author
- [Picken, Ebenezer]
- Publisher
- Printed for James Sawer, Edinburgh
- Publication year
- 1818
- Binding
- Hardcover
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McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Situated near the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk thoroughfare, we are within easy walking distance of Waverley Station and the central bus terminal.
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Derek Walker and Anna Fomicheva t/a McNaughtan's Bookshop
3a & 4a Haddington Place
Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH7 4AE
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